[HTML][HTML] Multi-tier land use and land cover map** framework and its application in urbanization analysis in three African countries

S Shah Heydari, JC Vogeler, OSE Cardenas-Ritzert… - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
The population of Africa is expected to rise to 2.5 billion by 2050, with more than 80% of this
increase concentrated in cities. Africa's anticipated population growth has serious …

[HTML][HTML] Urban Growth and Land Artificialization in Secondary African Cities: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Ho (Ghana) and Kpalimé (Togo)

T Sondou, KR Anoumou, CC Aholou, J Chenal… - Urban Science, 2024 - mdpi.com
While many studies have used Earth observations to quantify urbanization in Africa, there is
still a lack of empirical evidence on the role of secondary cities in the fastest urbanizing …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of Land Use Data Spatial Resolution on SDG Indicator 11.3. 1 (Urban Expansion) Assessments: A Case Study Across Ethiopia

OSE Cardenas-Ritzert, JC Vogeler, S Shah Heydari… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Geospatial data play a significant role in the United Nation's Sustainable Development
Goals, particularly through assessments of monitoring indicators. Sustainable Development …

[PDF][PDF] Annual Land Use and Urban Land Cover: Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa, 2016-2020. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

J Vogeler, SS Heydari - 2024 - data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov
This dataset provides a two-tier annual Land Use (LU) and Urban Land Cover (LC) product
suite over three African countries, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa, across a 5-year period …

[PDF][PDF] Uncertainty Quantification and Monte Carlo Simulations to Enhance SDG 11.3. 1 Monitoring

JR Santillan, M Dorozynski, C Heipke - researchgate.net
As urbanization accelerates globally, efficient land use is essential for sustainable
development. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 includes Target 11.3, which …